How do you clean BP waste?

Well i have been wondering how other people do it. I use repti-bark as substrate. And when Mitch dumps out a mouse, (usually after i clean his tank -.-;) I usually scoop it out with a plastic fork then throw it away. I was looking at reptile scooper's but they are 10 bucks!

I use an extra cooking spatula that I had to spot clean. Improvise! ha

Yeah find a small dust pan or large cooking spoon and use that. If might be a good idea to wipe down the area or even spray with some Chlorhexadine and wipe down to disinfect it.

change the paper towel, its so easy to do. :P

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Originally Posted by wraith

change the paper towel, its so easy to do. :P

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I wear disposable gloves for spot cleaning.

I use wipes. No fragrance, no additives safe for bottom, hands and face. Works great for all reps. For my large boa, I use a kitty pan scooper to get the big chunks out and then remove the rest of the soiled substrate with the wipes and clean the area and replace the substrate.

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Originally Posted by steveboos

Yeah find a small dust pan or large cooking spoon and use that. If might be a good idea to wipe down the area or even spray with some Chlorhexadine and wipe down to disinfect it.

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wipe down and disinfect the substrate or the spoon?

I take out the dirty paper towels, wipe down the tub with Healthy Habitat by Natural Chemistry (Reptile Basics) and replace with clean paper towels. Very fast and easy. If you haven't tried the healthy habitat, it's awesome!!

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Originally Posted by Sammy412

I take out the dirty paper towels, wipe down the tub with Healthy Habitat by Natural Chemistry (Reptile Basics) and replace with clean paper towels. Very fast and easy. If you haven't tried the healthy habitat, it's awesome!!

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So your substrate is paper towels? just paper towels laying there? im assuming wet paper towels?

Dump the substrate, Chlorhexidine and paper towel to wipe down. Fill it up again with fresh substrate!

Get your stuff as clean as they would at the Vet!

Chlorhexidine for the win!

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Dump the substrate, Chlorhexidine and paper towel to wipe down. Fill it up again with fresh substrate!

Get your stuff as clean as they would at the Vet!

Chlorhexidine for the win!

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wow! do that every time he poops? thats alot of substrate.

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Originally Posted by ericzerka24

I use an extra cooking spatula that I had to spot clean. Improvise! ha

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And my bf thought it was weird I used a cooking spoon to spot clean poo!! all my guys are on Eco Earth until we switch to racks so no worries about liquid urine right now, not looking forward to that change!

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Originally Posted by Mikekrause2000

wow! do that every time he poops? thats alot of substrate.

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Spot clean with a cat litter remover, and once every two to three months, complete change out.

I use blank newsprint, and I actually throw it out and replace it once a week. Every 2nd or 3rd week (depending on any lingering poo-smudges or odors) I'll wipe down with 10% bleach/water.

I don't actually wet anything. I find younger animals adapt quite quickly to Arizona humidity--and they pee in their hides, and that ups the humidity in there somewhat. None of the animals I got as hatchlings have shedding issues, and they're all healthy as horses.

I do have two animals I got as 2 year-old sub-adults, from a breeder in Florida. One of them has adapted, but the other still has bad sheds, and a tongue that doesn't always fork:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...doesn%27t+fork

She's otherwise perfectly healthy, and she's been doing better with her humidity issues. But I keep an eye on her, and I'll spill water and/or throw a wet towel over her hide when I see her going blue. ...and sometimes I miss it, and I end up having to remove her old eyecaps and tail tip because she had a terrible shed.

Substrate would be better for her. But my husband can't stand the smell of two months worth of python pee. So Lois and I get intimate with the tweezers a few times a year.

...what the heck is chlorhexidine?

I stopped using Aspen because of the hassle of cleaning the tank. Paper towels work 10x's better. And I feel That I can clean the tank better as well.

I use paper towels. Quick, easy, and inexpensive. I was considering aspen at one point, but it gets expensive and it's hard to spot clean.

I use Zoo Med Wipe Out 1 to clean the tubs.

Yes, I put the paper towels in there dry. How long they stay that way, depends on the snake:)

chlorhexidine is used at the hospital I work at for cleaning skin before surgery.

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Originally Posted by llovelace

I wear disposable gloves for spot cleaning.

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^^ Me too!

For entire tub cleaning we dump, spray with clorhexidine, wipe and refill.

For entire tub deep cleaning we dump, scrub with blue dawn (love that stuff), bleach, rinse and refill.

I clean my tank about once a week, a good full clean...removing everything, washing the water dish, wiping tank with Lysol wipes, letting it air out, then putting new paper towels in and then replacing everything.
Call it overkill but ever since I had mites a few months ago, I'm a bit paranoid about making sure there isn't anywhere those suckers can hide or survive.
Thats why I don't like aspen, I don't like the idea of spot cleaning. I like to make sure the tank is thoroughly clean and with aspen thats not really possible.

so with paper towel substrate... how do you keep humidity?

Dumping the bedding is the obvious part--a plastic paint scraper comes in handy when dealing with adhered urates, as does a stiff bristle scrub brush. Dish soap and water, and then disinfect with chlorhex or 10% bleach solution. (I use bleach for quarantine because chlorhex doesn't kill the worst viral bugs).

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Originally Posted by Mikekrause2000

so with paper towel substrate... how do you keep humidity?

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Place the water bowl over the heat source, and spray occasionally if necessary. Substrate should not be damp, for ball pythons, so with paper towel you can be sure it's dry by looking at it.

I use news print and change it out every time one of my snakes defecates or pees. When I place the new paper in the tub, I lightly spray water on it to help it adhere/form to the tub. This helps keep the snake from remodeling the tub quite as easily (it also helps with humidity).

I use shredded paper.... junk mail old news papers what ever i have to run through the shredder... spot clean as possible when they make to big of a mess, we clean it out and start all over.... Disposable gloves?? y its just poop people..... its not gonna hurt you, cleaning a snake bin, shoveling dog crap, or changing a diaper its just poop

I've used paper towels for quite awhile. And my humidity stays relatively good. Just have a good size water dish, spray when needed, and cover about 3/4 of the tank top with foil. It works like a charm :)
As far as with tubs im not quite sure about those.

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Originally Posted by jjmitchell

I use shredded paper.... junk mail old news papers what ever i have to run through the shredder... spot clean as possible when they make to big of a mess, we clean it out and start all over.... Disposable gloves?? y its just poop people..... its not gonna hurt you, cleaning a snake bin, shoveling dog crap, or changing a diaper its just poop

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Agree! Soap and warm water does the trick!

good old paper towel for the pick up. and a clean bleach wetted (1 to 10) paper towel for the wipe up.

I do not personally find digging snake poop out from under my fingernails to be a pleasant pastime...so, I prefer the disposable gloves.

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Aspen is a lot of more hassle. Paper towels is clean, simple and easy.

I use paper towels and zoo med spray cleaner ,bottle of water and plastic gloves. Aspen sucks its a nightmare to clean upi us

Anyone want to post a pic of their tanks with paper towels? im interested.

eco earth (coco peat) substrate and scoup out the soiled area and surrounding substrate for spot cleanings and monthly full cleaning everything is removed rinsed in hot water sprayed with Iodine soap left to stand for 20 min and scrubbed and rinsed two times and chlorhexed and dried off. The enclosure gets emptied wiped out, steam cleaned, and then wiped again steamed again, and chlorohex and wiped a last time and everything replaced.

OCD? yup got that.
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